 | Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.57 Piper is Amazing at getting to the heart of the matter....our true purpose and joy found in the glorying of God. Taste and see that the Lord is Good.
Be ready for plenty of quotes and encouragement in these pages from past sages of old as well: Augustine,Edwards,Luther, etc.
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 | How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth by Gordon D. Fee
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.98 Great intro and tool for reading the different inspired books of the bible in light of their specific genre. Also a great intro to hermeneutics and exegesis among other things.
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 | St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Augustine
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $2.66 GREAT book, don't just have it on your shelf, read it. Augustine is a spiritual giant, and has influenced countless men and women of God. This book is not always easy, but very much rewarding and worth it. Henry Chadwicks translations is one of the best.
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 | Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspectives on Public Policy by Steve Monsma
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $10.39 Very good discussion of faith and politics. The first half is a discussion of biblical principles. The second half is examples of applying those principals to todays issues. Doesnt give you the answers, just gives you some tools to make your own decision, with the Bible as your root and foundation.
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 | The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.99 Excellent modern day discussion and apologetic for the skeptic and non-believer. Christians will take away some great ways to apply the gospel to todays life-situations.
Tim Keller is great and has a lot of really good papers on his churches website (Redeemer Presbyterian in NY)especially about the urban church.
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 | The Method and Message of Jesus' Teachings by Robert H. Stein
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $6.99 Very good text book on the different methods that Jesus used to teach with. Examples: Parables, Hyperbole, Exaggeration, Pun.
Good when learning and thinking about how to apply individual texts.
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 | The Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. Blomberg
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $16.56 Just like the name suggests : )
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 | The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $11.00 Willard gives a compelling vision of Christians not just acknowledging the rule of Christ with their mouths, but living as if he is Lord of their life and Love of their souls. Being a disciple and not a mere confessor of Christ. Salvation by grace, but transformed by the spirit as and ambassador of Christ.
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 | Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God by George Eldon Ladd
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $6.00 This is the best and shortest primer on an often very misunderstood concept of the kingdom of God. Crucial to a good understanding of Jesus' statements.
Go here before you go to McLaren to tell you what Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God.
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 | What Jesus Demands from the World by John Piper
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $6.00 Specific Sayings with specific application....how novel.
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 | A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $11.55 Another must read by a christian great.
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 | Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Buy used from: $1.89 One of the all time greats in apologetics.
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 | Knowing God by J. I. Packer
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $1.50 Excellent!!
Get down, get humble, get quiet, you dont know everything, but God wants to know you.
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 | Jesus and the Message of the New Testament (Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies) by Joachim Jeremias
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $9.11 Nice collection of some of his shorter papers and books.
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 | Listening to the Spirit in the Text by Gordon D. Fee
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $9.56 Gordon Fee is great, scholarly and heartfelt. "The true purpose of Theology should always be Doxology" Studying Gods word should never be a means in itself, but should lead you to worship him more, anything other than this is a poor product of western enlightenment thinking and not biblical.
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